Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of buildings and signs shall be reviewed by the Architectural and Historic Review Board for strict compliance with the mandatory standards given in § 13-11 below, and in Chapters 243, Signs. 191, Lighting and 247, Site Plan, as may be relevant and subject to requests for waiver(s) as provided in § 13-8.

Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of buildings shall be reviewed for their reasonable compliance with the guidelines given in § 13-12 below. Applicants shall demonstrate a good-faith effort to incorporate desired design features into their projects.

Further, applications shall be reviewed for the potential to produce adverse effects to a building, structure or site that has been designated as a landmark through the process described herein in § 13-13, or that qualifies as a landmark according to the definition provided in § 13-3 above. In making determinations under this section the Board shall consider:

The general appropriateness of proposed exterior design,
arrangements, texture and materials with respect to the historical
and architectural value and significance of the building or structure
and its relationship to the historic and architectural value of the
surrounding area.

Applications for the construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition of landmark property, or property that lies within a historic overlay district, shall be reviewed with reference to the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings. In any conflict with the mandatory standards given in § 13-11 below, and in Chapters 243, Signs, 191, Lighting and 247, Site Plan, and with the guidelines given in § 13-12 below, historical considerations shall prevail, except where public safety would be compromised.

Such businesses are required to locate in buildings
that are either newly designed in accordance with the standards and
guidelines of this chapter, or in existing buildings that retain an
indigenous character while adapted to the new use.

Identifying features of chain, franchise or formula
businesses that contribute to excessive similarity of commercial areas
and that erode local character shall be modified to reflect local
conditions. Such features include, but are not limited to architectural
building type, building and sign materials, building and sign colors,
and window treatments.

All sides of commercial buildings facing a public
thoroughfare shall have windows of a sufficient size to provide pedestrian
interest, convey life and activity inside the building, and provide
eyes on the street. Theaters and auditoriums are exempted from this
provision.

Window glazing shall be clear glass with minimal obstruction from permanent shades, blinds or curtains, interior displays or such window signs as allowed under Chapter 243, Signs. Stained, colored and tinted glass may be used as decorative elements in a limited fashion.

Fences, garden walls and retaining walls. Fences,
retaining walls and other built landscape elements shall be designed
to visually complement buildings on the site and in the immediate
vicinity. Materials and colors shall be coordinated with other built
landscape elements on the site such as walkway paving and curbing.

The facades of retail and mixed-use buildings containing
three or more uses with separate entrances shall be articulated so
that major single uses and groups of smaller, subsidiary uses appear
housed in identifiable parts, the whole being conceived as a building
complex. This may be accomplished through variations in facade projections,
roof height, overhangs, window and door treatments, building wings
or attached lesser structures, etc.

Buildings shall be designed to add greenery to the
corridor through features that will host plantings such as window
boxes, foundation plantings, container plantings, trellises or trellis
systems, arbors, pergolas etc.

Facade elements and building ornamentation that appear
false, inconsistent with the primary architectural style, disproportionate,
or inauthentic are prohibited. Examples include undersized and nonfunctional
window shutters and cupolas.

A diverse mix of architectural styles is welcomed
and encouraged. However, architectural styles traditional to the northern
shore of Long Island are preferred. Elements of such preferred traditional
architecture include:

New buildings constructed in designated gateway areas
to the Village, located at the intersections of Route 25A and Woodbine
Avenue, Reservoir Avenue, Laurel Avenue and Main Street/Waterside
Avenue, shall be designed with consideration for their gateway location.
Architecture should reflect the Village's identity as a locally-oriented
residential community with a sense of history and tradition.